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See also:ACKERMAN, See also:FRANCIS (c. 1335–1387) , Flemish soldier and diplomatist, was See also:born at See also:Ghent, and about 138o became prominent during the struggle between the burghers of that See also:town and See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis II. (de Male), See also:count of See also:Flanders. He was partly responsible for inducing See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:van See also:Artevelde to become first See also:captain of the See also:city of Ghent in 1382, and at the See also:head of some troops scoured the surrounding See also:country for provisions and thus saved Ghent from being starved into submission. By his See also:diplomatic abilities he secured the assistance of the citizens of See also:Brussels, See also:Louvain and See also:Liege, and, having been made See also:admiral of the Flemish See also:fleet, visited See also:England and obtained a promise of help from See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Richard II. After Artevelde's See also:death in See also:November 1382, he acted as See also:leader of the Flemings, gained several victories and increased his fame by skilfully conducting a See also:retreat from See also:Damme to Ghent in See also:August 1385. He took See also:part in the conclusion of the treaty of See also:peace between Ghent and Philip the Bold, See also:duke of See also:Burgundy, the successor of Count Louis, in See also:December 1385. Trusting in Philip, and ignoring the warnings of his See also:friends, Ackerman remained in Flanders, and was murdered at Ghent on the 22nd of See also:July 1387, leaving a memory of See also:chivalry and generosity.
See See also:Jean See also:Froissart, Chroniques, edited by S. Luce and G. Raynaud (See also:Paris, 1869—1897) ; Johannes See also:Brandon, Chronodromon, edited by K. de Lettenhove in the Chroniques relatives d l'histoire de la Belgique sous la domination See also:des dues de Bourgogne (Brussels, 1870).
End of Article: ACKERMAN, FRANCIS (c. 1335–1387)
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